Word: priceless
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...historical record, but what may or may not have been said or done in private is of necessity impure fiction--dramatizations of Hitler as a sexually disabled masochist are graphic and over the top. Still, this is a painless way to learn a little history and enjoy such priceless dialogue as "She touched the swastika and said, 'Won't the girls at school be envious...
...more than just "Kilroy was here" egoism. Over the course of the half a dozen landing missions, the astronauts pried loose and carried home 838.2 lbs. of lunar rocks, providing Earthbound scientists with rare tissue samples of a nearby body whose geological origins mirror the solar system's own. Priceless as the artifacts were, however, in the days of Apollo, geology was always trumped by poetry, and everybody within the space community knew...
...table bearing gifts: their organizations, their financial backers and their endorsements. Unlike Clinton, Bush had never been a big mover among the other Governors, never an intellectual force or a policy genius. But they all knew him, many liked him, and most could see he had a priceless brand name...
...scope of the disaster is potentially endless. Important machinery in University Health Services could shut down, registering that they had never been serviced. Payroll computers could malfunction, leaving Harvard's employees without their paychecks. Keycard locks on dormitories could electronically freeze. Temperature-controlled experiments could be disrupted and priceless specimens and research destroyed...
...Weissman gift will secure the ability ofHarvard to preserve its priceless collections ofbooks and manuscripts," Director of the UniversityLibrary Sidney H. Verba '53 wrote in an e-mailmessage. "The Harvard collection is one of thegreatest in the world and that creates anobligation on the University to protect it forcurrent use and for future generations...